USM Bel Abbès vs MC Alger match preview

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Competition: Algeria Ligue 1
Date: Tue 21.May
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)

USM Bel Abbès hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 32 points and a 13th position in the Ligue 1 table. Visiting MC Alger holds 6th place with 40 pts.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

This stadium uses grass, unlike MC Alger's home stadium. The visitors last 17 games on grass have ended in 3 wins, 5 draws and 9 losses.

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USM Bel Abbès form and stats

6 victories, 5 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what USM Bel Abbès have to build on here. The team is able to perform also as the away side, as they are nurturing a very healthy winning streak of four straight victories regardless of arena. There’s a good atmosphere here after three straight home wins.

A good away victory last time out for USM Bel Abbès, who won 2-1 against Paradou AC. Ahead of that match, USM Bel Abbès won a home game hosting Aïn M'lila (1-0).

The USM Bel Abbès fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 15 in 14 matches. 14 goals have been conceded.

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MC Alger form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their travels is 4 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats. It's all red in the travel logs of MC Alger, having lost five matches in a row as the visiting team.

There were no winners in MC Alger's previous match, a Ligue 1 home game that ended 0-0 vs MO Béjaïa. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against JS Saoura wasn't a success with a 3-4 loss.

MC Alger have scored 14 goals on their travels this season, 14 away games. As opposed to that, MC Alger have seen the ball go into their own net 17 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: MC Alger - USM Bel Abbès 0-1. Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: 5 - 1 - 3 (USM Bel Abbès wins - draws - MC Alger wins). As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 3 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

S. Bendebka
6 goals
M. Souibaah
5 goals
H. Nekkache
4 goals

USM Bel Abbès missing players

MC Alger missing players

USM Bel Abbès MC Alger
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs low Away Total
28 14 4 Played 5 14 28
8 6 1 Won 2 4 10
8 5 2 Drew 2 5 10
12 3 1 Lost 1 5 8
22 15 1 Scored 8 14 30
37 14 4 Conceded 7 17 32
86% 86% 50% Over 0.5 100% 86% 82%
57% 57% 25% Over 1.5 80% 57% 57%
43% 36% 25% Over 2.5 40% 21% 32%
25% 29% 25% Over 3.5 20% 14% 18%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 20% 14% 18%
32% 36% 0% BTTS 80% 43% 46%
36% 50% 75% Clean Sheets 20% 36% 32%
46% 29% 75% Failed To Score 0% 36% 39%
 
3.7 4.6 2.5 Corners For (avg) 2 3.7 4.7
4.9 3 2.8 Corners Against (avg) 4.2 4.8 4
1.7 1.6 2 Yellow Cards (avg) 4 2.8 2.1
1 1 0 Red Cards 0 2 3
Key stats this season:
  • MC Alger have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • USM Bel Abbès have won significantly more corners at home than away.

USM Bel Abbès
All Ligue 1 Algeria Cup CAF Confederations Cup Super Cup
All Home Away
09-02-19 L1 USM Alger 1 - 0 USM Bel Abbès
02-03-19 L1 CA Bordj Bou Arreridj 3 - 1 USM Bel Abbès
01-04-19 L1 MO Béjaïa 1 - 0 USM Bel Abbès
10-04-19 L1 USM Bel Abbès 0 - 0 NA Hussein Dey
21-04-19 L1 USM Bel Abbès 1 - 0 DRB Tadjenanet
04-05-19 L1 USM Bel Abbès 1 - 0 JS Saoura
11-05-19 L1 USM Bel Abbès 1 - 0 Aïn M'lila
16-05-19 L1 Paradou AC 1 - 2 USM Bel Abbès
21-05-19 L1 USM Bel Abbès 15:00 MC Alger
26-05-19 L1 CR Belouizdad 15:00 USM Bel Abbès
MC Alger
All Ligue 1 Arab Club Championship Algeria Cup CAF Confederations Cup Club Friendlies CAF Champions League
All Home Away
09-03-19 L1 ES Sétif 2 - 0 MC Alger
14-03-19 L1 MC Alger 3 - 2 USM Alger
02-04-19 L1 NA Hussein Dey 1 - 0 MC Alger
09-04-19 L1 MC Alger 1 - 0 MC Oran
21-04-19 L1 MC Alger 0 - 0 CA Bordj Bou Arreridj
01-05-19 L1 CS Constantine 2 - 0 MC Alger
11-05-19 L1 JS Saoura 4 - 3 MC Alger
16-05-19 L1 MC Alger 0 - 0 MO Béjaïa
21-05-19 L1 USM Bel Abbès 15:00 MC Alger
26-05-19 L1 MC Alger 15:00 Aïn M'lila

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 USM Alger 28 14 7 7 45 27 14 10 1 3 30 12 14 4 6 4 15 15 18 49
2 JS Kabylie 28 13 7 8 34 24 14 9 4 1 22 12 14 4 3 7 12 12 10 46
3 Paradou AC 28 13 6 9 35 23 14 10 1 3 24 9 14 3 5 6 11 14 12 45
4 ES Sétif 28 12 6 10 31 22 14 8 3 3 23 9 14 4 3 7 8 13 9 42
5 JSM Skikda 28 11 8 9 30 21 14 9 3 2 26 9 14 2 5 7 4 12 9 41
6 MC Alger 28 10 10 8 30 32 14 6 5 3 16 15 14 4 5 5 14 17 -2 40
7 CS Constantine 28 10 9 9 29 21 14 7 7 0 18 6 14 3 2 9 11 15 8 39
8 NA Hussein Dey 28 9 9 10 19 24 14 6 5 3 8 6 14 3 4 7 11 18 -5 36
9 CR Belouizdad 28 9 11 8 27 26 14 6 4 4 15 12 14 3 7 4 12 14 1 35
10 CA Bordj Bou Arreridj 28 8 10 10 21 22 14 7 5 2 16 7 14 1 5 8 5 15 -1 34
11 Aïn M'lila 28 6 15 7 17 26 14 5 9 0 10 4 14 1 6 7 7 22 -9 33
12 MC Oran 28 7 11 10 29 35 14 5 7 2 17 13 14 2 4 8 12 22 -6 32
13 USM Bel Abbès 28 8 8 12 22 37 14 6 5 3 15 14 14 2 3 9 7 23 -15 32
14 Olympique Médéa 28 7 10 11 21 29 14 5 4 5 14 15 14 2 6 6 7 14 -8 31
15 DRB Tadjenanet 28 7 9 12 26 35 14 7 4 3 13 7 14 0 5 9 13 28 -9 30
16 MO Béjaïa 28 6 12 10 22 34 14 4 7 3 10 11 14 2 5 7 12 23 -12 30

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